{"id":699,"date":"2009-12-09T17:14:39","date_gmt":"2009-12-09T17:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/?p=699"},"modified":"2013-04-24T15:05:32","modified_gmt":"2013-04-24T15:05:32","slug":"waiting-for-a-green-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/waiting-for-a-green-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Waiting for a Green Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Briefing-Note-0902-Green-Rovolution-3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-771\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" title=\"Africa, Agriculture, Economics, food security, green revolution, smallholder farmers\" src=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Waiting-for-Green-Revolution-cover-217x300.jpg\" alt=\"Africa, Agriculture, Economics, food security, green revolution, smallholder farmers\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Waiting-for-Green-Revolution-cover-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Waiting-for-Green-Revolution-cover-743x1024.jpg 743w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Predictions of a Green Revolution in Africa are overstated. Investment in African agriculture has been neglected by governments and donors. The proportion of aid allocated to agriculture fell from 17% in 1980 to 3% in 2005.1 Population growth and declining productivity among smallholder farmers has increased the need for imported food. Calls for Africa to achieve self-sufficiency in food production have prompted comparisons with Asia\u2019s Green Revolution in the 1970s and 1980s. These notes argue for more flexible and varied responses to food insecurity in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Briefing-Note-0902-Green-Rovolution-3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1278\" title=\"Download PDF\" src=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/pdf_download_ari.png\" alt=\"Download PDF\" width=\"55\" height=\"48\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Predictions of a Green Revolution in Africa are overstated. Investment in African agriculture has been neglected by governments and donors. The proportion of aid allocated to agriculture fell from 17% in 1980 to 3% in 2005.1 Population growth and declining productivity among smallholder farmers has increased the need for imported food. Calls for Africa to achieve self-sufficiency in food production have prompted comparisons with Asia\u2019s Green Revolution in the 1970s and 1980s. These notes argue for more flexible and varied responses to food insecurity in Africa. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":771,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[64,28,26,122,124,120],"class_list":["post-699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-briefing-notes","tag-africa","tag-agriculture-in-publications","tag-economics-in-publications","tag-food-security","tag-green-revolution","tag-smallholder-farmers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Waiting for a green revolution in Africa - Africa Research Institute<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Predictions of a Green Revolution in Africa are overstated. 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